Author Question: What effect has the Fourth Amendment search and seizure conditions had on American criminal ... (Read 56 times)

Garrulous · **on:** Aug 16, 2018

What effect has the Fourth Amendment search and seizure conditions had on American criminal procedure?

a. It has assisted in protecting a notion of privacy for individuals.
b. It has given the police unrestricted abilities to conduct searches.
c. It has greatly limited personal expectations of liberty in public places.
d. It has guaranteed that law enforcement can act arbitrarily to gather facts.

Question 2

General warrants, or writs of assistance, as they were known in Britain and in the American colonies:

a. gave officers blanket authority to completely search a particular shop or home.
b. found favor in the American colonies because they were more restrictive than a warrantless search.
c. gave the person with the writ authority to enter any house for the entire life of the monarch.
d. were repealed in the American colonies by the Stamp Act.